Testimony: Ensuring State Oversight of Federal Funds

April 15, 2015

Thomas K. Lindsay, Ph.D.

Tom K. Lindsay, Ph.D., is a distinguished senior fellow for Next Generation Texas at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He has more than two decades’ experience in education management and instruction, including service as a dean, provost, and college president.

"Testimony: Ensuring State Oversight of Federal Funds" contains Center for Tenth Amendment Action Director Dr. Tom Lindsay's testimony before the House Select Committee on budget transparency and reform in support of House Bill 86.

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